RENT CONTROL DEBATE In 2000, I moved to Boston and what brought me here brought a lot of people to Boston: a job. Also, it's a fantastic city, but it's not exactly a cheap city. I was led to believe New York City was the only east coast city that was expensive. I was wrong. Many people from Connecticut and New York have this belief. Affordability is also a topic that news and politics Continue Reading
Renovations that offer best ROI
Kitchen and Bathroom Renovations That offer the best Return on Value The holidays have come and gone, and many people in the new year look at their homes and think it's time to revamp their space for themselves, or maybe you think it's time to sell. I hope if you are revamping your space it's actually for you to enjoy, but if your thinking about selling and want to do renovations that Continue Reading
Top Five US Cities rents will continue to rise
Rents at the Start of the Pandemic and where we headed Wasn't it nice in 2020-2021 folks saw a break in rents? Now we are closing out 2022 and rents this past year soared to new levels. At one point most areas of the country had rental action competing with sales-level activity. Best and final, open house with 25 deep of people. Agents with their clients with paperwork completed in hand. No time Continue Reading
Changing Seller Beliefs
Whoever says I welcome change. Most of us do not like change, and if you have been a Seller for the last decade you are not going to love this change. Sellers' beliefs must change because The Real Estate Market is changing. Anyone in the Selling or Buying market does not panic. The real estate market is not going to take a complete nose dive with rising interest rates, but gone are the days you Continue Reading
Shifting Marketplace
Shift In The Real Estate Marketplace We are officially into fall, and like season change with cooler temps so does the market. For over a decade Sellers have been Kings and Queens. Buyers did have low-interest rates, but it came at a big cost. Homes were overvalued Fast forward to the last quarter of 2022 and we are seeing higher interest rates. On top of higher rates, Continue Reading
MassDreams-First Time Home Buyer
Homeownership is part of the American Dream, however, it should be noted it's part of the American dream that is not easy to achieve. There are financial challenges buyers need to overcome. Misconceptions buyers believe are true and keep them out of the buying market. Perspective buyers might believe homeownership is a nice dream, however, they believe they can't ever get there. They continue to Continue Reading
Pandemic Move
The Pandemic Started in 2020 and only seems right that in 2022 we start to see change for the better. Masks are coming off, people are traveling more and the boss is no longer making remote work the status quo or you are tired of living at home and feel it's safe to move back into the city. In 2021 I really encouraged folks to move back into the city. Many of my clients listened, Continue Reading
New Hampshire Real Estate Report
New Hampshire Real Estate Report New Hampshire Real Estate in 2021 was red hot and in 2022 it doesn't show signs of cooling off. In 2020 buyers were coming from Connecticut, Massachusetts to New Hampshire there was a decent amount of inventory. The following year agents eventually started to see inventory shortages present a problem for buyers. At this time it looks like in Continue Reading
4 Sign Its time to Stop Renting
Buying a home in New England is not a cheap activity. Buying a home in Massachusetts or New Hampshire is not easy. Many graduates of our many Universities and colleges stay in the neighborhood to begin their next phase called working in the real world. When you enter the workforce you often make a decent living, but not enough where roommate life is normal. I wish when I lived with roommates Continue Reading
My Sellers Plan
I was talking to a friend I used to work with. We were catching up he was telling me what is going on in England. They mentioned when they sold their home the agent never really asked many questions. Their agent talked about price and how they wanted to get to our goal, but never really spelled everything out. They asked me do I do that for my clients. I paused and thought back past transactions Continue Reading
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